Birgit Prinz

Birgit Prinz
Prinz in 2018
Personal information
Full name Birgit Prinz[1]
Date of birth (1977-10-25) 25 October 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth Frankfurt, West Germany
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1986–1988 SV Dörnigheim FC
1988–1992 FC Hochstadt
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1998 FSV Frankfurt 57 (45)
1998–2002 1. FFC Frankfurt 76 (78)
2002–2003 Carolina Courage 35 (23)
2003–2011 1. FFC Frankfurt 114 (136)
Total 282 (282)
International career‡
1994–2011 Germany 214 (128)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Germany
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2003 United States Team
Gold medal – first place 2007 China Team
Silver medal – second place 1995 Sweden Team
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Team
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team
UEFA European Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 1995 Germany/England/Norway/Sweden Team
Gold medal – first place 1997 Norway/Sweden Team
Gold medal – first place 2001 Germany Team
Gold medal – first place 2005 England Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Finland Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:09, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[3]
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 June 2011 (UTC)[2]

Birgit Prinz (born 25 October 1977) is a German former footballer, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion and three-time FIFA World Player of the Year. In addition to the German national team, Prinz played for 1. FFC Frankfurt in the Frauen-Bundesliga as well as the Carolina Courage in the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), the first professional women's league in the United States. Prinz remains one of the game's most prolific strikers and is the second FIFA Women's World Cup all-time leading scorer with 14 goals (second only to Marta from Brazil). In 2011, she announced the end of her active career.[4] She currently works as a sport psychologist for the men's and women's teams of Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.[5]

  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 – List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 28 July 2014. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Nationalspielerin Birgit Prinz" (in German). DFB.de. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Birgit Prinz" (in German). Framba.de. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Prinz announces end of career" (in German). sportschau.de. 12 August 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Frauen: Prinz works and trains in Hoffenheim" (in German). 17 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.